Media Minutes Audio
Media Minutes is the longest-running syndicated radio program of its kind focused on media policy and reform. Media Minutes tracks the latest industry developments, keeps an eye on Washington policy-makers, and talks to the experts and activists dedicated to changing our media environment for the better.
Recent programs have covered the grassroots groundswell in support of Network Neutrality, the FCC's new media ownership rules, and the fights to expand community media on the radio and on TV. Previous interview guests include law professor Lawrence Lessig, journalist Bill Moyers, and FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein. Media Minutes archives go back to 2004.
Check back every Friday for a new installment of Media Minutes or subscribe to our podcast with iTunes.
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August 22, 2008
To raise healthy, creative, thinking children, we need to allow children to grow in a non-commercialized culture. And as the number of foreign news bureaus decrease, Americans are receiving an increasingly distorted view of the world.
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August 15, 2008
Why do the corporate media have a lock on all new channels that will emerge from the digital TV conversion? And a new Massachusetts law promises to bring broadband to the entire state.
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August 8, 2008
The FCC voted to punish Comcast for blocking users’ access to the Internet. And the People’s Production House arms up-and-coming journalists with the skills they need to create media.
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August 1, 2008
The FCC has approved the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio companies. And Hip Hop artist Nas joined protesters outside Fox News in New York, calling for the network to end its pattern of racist attacks against Black Americans.
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July 25, 2008
In a House hearing about privacy and the Internet, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) indicated that Congress could take action to strengthen privacy protections. And a study disproves the notion that TV news audiences prefer superficial tabloid coverage to well-written quality journalism.
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July 18, 2008
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has determined that Comcast violated the agency’s principles of open access on the Internet. And the cost of text messaging is rising again, despite the fact there have been no further costs to necessitate a price hike.
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July 11, 2008
Forget about collecting trading cards for sports figures. The hot items this year are Media Heroes trading cards. And the news for newspapers has been brutal, as a sagging economy and plummeting advertising sales take their toll on news staff and content.
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July 4, 2008
Online advertising firm, NebuAd, may have stepped over the line with its ad-targeting scheme that monitors Web browsing and alters computer codes. And Philadelphia has announced a deal with local investors to keep its muni wi-fi project alive after Earthlink bowed out earlier this month.
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June 27, 2008
The InternetforEveryone.org Initiative was launched this week to raise public awareness about America’s digital divide and renew the call for a fast, open and affordable Internet as a basic right. And Youth Rights Media premiered their latest documentary, No Haven, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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June 20, 2008
The FCC is beginning to take seriously its job to provide better information about broadband access, which will eventually affect Internet users’ ability to upload and download content faster. And Rev. Romal Tune says that “unity” is the key to success for the media reform movement.
